The cost of BMC’s ambitious Marine Drive makeover project has jumped nearly four times, from `35 crore to `135 crore, as authorities have decided to reconstruct it in cement concrete instead of using

It has come to light that the non-delivery of foreign medical journals from foreign countries had cost the BMC a loss of `96,000 between the year 1998 and 2001.

In what can be called a New Year gift to patients with psychological illnesses, the BMC has decided to start a 24x7 mental health helpline for them from January. The helpline will offer telephonic counselling to people on a range of mental health issues.

Though the Shiv Sena removed the makeshift structure, it finally had its say on the memorial to late party chief Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park. The party managed to convince the civic administration as well as Opposition parties to set up a small garden in memory of the Sena supremo at the same site.

Roads, water and cleanliness are the major issues that public representatives want the BMC to attend to on a priority basis.

While work on preparing Mumbai’s next development plan (DP) is on, a study in P-North ward (Malad) has found several discrepancies in the Existing Land Use (ELU) survey, carried out by the BMC, which

Acting on the suggestion of US-based consultant Deloitte, the BMC has planned to form a separate undertaking to manage its water and sewerage system.

The BMC, citing errors in calculation, has reduced the amount of fine levied on civic engineers for delay in pothole repairing from the mammoth `1.3 crore to `8.34 lakh.

Despite issuing repeated warnings and threats to cut off the water connections, both the government and private offices have failed to pay the water bills to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BM

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) are all set to cast aside fears associated with street food by implementing a project promoting safety and hygi